From:	"Simon T. Sailer" <Simon.Sailer@****.AC.AT>
Subject:	Re: the uac dilemma (minor insect spirit spoilers!)
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:18:54 +0100

>Okay, for the sake of discussion: Ant Spirit Soldier, True Form,
>Force
> Four. Said critter has a Reaction of _18_ on the physical plane, and its
> skill in Combat is the same as its Reaction. That's 18!

Hmmm.... The +10 to reaction is only for calculating initiative... To
determine the skill rating, you should only use twice the force as
reaction... (IMHO, but makes sense, doesn't it?)

> So you have a guy with (again, for discussion's sake) an AK-97 with,
> we'll say, explosive ammo. So, he's doing 9M per round. Let's say he
> fires 9 rounds at the bug (damage: 18D, by the book). For discussion's
> sake, let's say he hits. All right, 4 points of armor, plus 8 points from
> Immunity to Normal Weapons (unless you also assume they cannot manifest:)
> makes that 6D Ant-boy now has 9 dice (Body plus Threat rating) to resist.
> He'll take damage, but he should survive, I would think:)

How would he survive? If the attacking character has 1 success, the
average 1,5 successes the Spirit is likely to score will stage the
damage level to...... D. If the attacking character has more
successes than 1, the spirit is toast...

> -Canthros

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